Diffusing Difficult Patients

A new survey has found that healthcare providers are spending the equivalent of nearly an entire day per week managing the impact of health misinformation.

Following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, violent incidents at hospitals across Canada have risen to shocking levels. But one northern Ontario hospital has managed to bring the incidents down to less than half of its monthly target.

The really difficult patients are often those whose inappropriate actions are conveyed with a smile or a wink.

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More than 50% of pharmacy professionals polled in a 2024 survey indicated they had experienced harassment over the past year.

As part of a series of first-person true stories written by physicians, psychiatrist Dr. Betty Tang is reminded of why she went to medical school.

What Canadian healthcare needs is feedback from doctors, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, data managers, economists and patients (and their families).

Sometimes as a physician, you're the patient. But what can you do if things are going horribly wrong with your care and no one is listening to you?